Mondays are the one day she gets to sleep in. Kerri Riccardi Strausbaugh’s first class at Ohio State University doesn’t start until 10:20, and it’s a “dark day” — one without practice — at the studio where she is a ballet dancer. A man whom Columbus police would later identify as Abdul Razak Ali Artan confronted Strausbaugh as he ran down 19th Avenue. He sliced her left bicep with a butcher knife.

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Thursday, December 8, 2016 10:16 PMKyle Robertson/DispatchPat Elflein recovered from an offseason shoulder issue and had a standout season at center.

Earlier this year, Pat Elflein couldn’t lift anything heavier than a quart of milk. Today in Atlanta, the Ohio State senior won the Rimington Trophy, given to the best center in college football. Elflein is the first Buckeye to win a national positional award since cornerback Malcolm Jenkins won the Jim Thorpe Award in 2008.